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Rotorua, NZ

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December 21st 2008
Rotorua is the most popular tourist destination of the north island so we made our way over to see what the hype was about. We stopped at the Wai-O-Tapu thermal wonderland on our way into town. This region is teaming with geothermal activity, and sometimes the sulfur fumes hit you like a punch in the face and make you want to vomit. But Wai-O-Tapu, translation "sacred waters," is a park with th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more